Brief description
Sentinel-1 A and B satellites are part of Europe's Copernicus Earth Observation program and carry identical C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments. This dataset contains 10m neutral stability wind speed and direction derived from Sentinel-1 A and B SARs in the wider Australian coastal regions. In these regions, the satellites normally operate in interferometric wide (IW) swath mode. The winds are derived using a consistent geophysical model function (gmf), CMOD5N, and variational Bayesian inversion approach as proposed in Portabella et al. (2002) and Sentinel-1 Ocean wind (owi) algorithm definition document. The input SAR and model (ECMWF) data used in the inversion are sourced from owi level-2 product, and the resulting derived winds are approximately at 1km horizontal spatial resolution as in the source product but derived using a consistent gmf over time (unlike the source product). Wind speeds are also calibrated against Metop-A and B scatterometer wind database of Ribal and Young, 2020 (JTECH).The data represented by this record, are presented in delayed mode.
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Maintenance and Update Frequency: continualThe data also include wind speed quality control flags labelling data as good, probably good, or bad. Users are encouraged to use both good and probably good data in their analyses.
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CreditAustralia?s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.
Created: 14 10 2021
Data time period: 2017-10-24
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(Website of the IMOS Surface Waves Sub-Facility)
uri :
http://imos.org.au/facilities/srs/surface-waves/
(Link to Ribal and Young, 2020 (JTECH))
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0119.1
(Data paper in Scientific Data (snapshot of database at November 2019))
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02046-w
(ncUrlList help documentation)
uri :
https://help.aodn.org.au/web-services/ncurllist-service/
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